subjugation
Syllables: sub·ju·ga·tion/ˌsʌbd͡ʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/US/ˌsʌbd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
subjugation noun: the act of subjugating.
Noun
subjugation (countable and uncountable, plural subjugations)
- The act of subjugating.
- The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
- Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse...2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164
subjugation meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Odia
subjugation in Urdu
- غلامی, اطاعت, مغلوبیت
subjugation in Bengali
- subjugation, occupation, capture
- কবজ koboj
subjugation in Malayalam
- subjugation
- താപ്പ് tāppŭ, നിഗ്രഹം nigrahaṁ
subjugation in Odia
- subjugation
- ଜୟ jaya
Examples of subjugation in a sentence
- The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution.
- The downpression of native people is linked to the subjugation and exploitation of the Earth.
- This script is a manifestation of the Greek influence in Bactria, even after the Kushana subjugation of this area.
Synonyms of subjugation
Forms of subjugation
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Origin of subjugation
From Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate + -ion.
Words formed from subjugation
Words that rhyme with subjugation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about subjugation
- What does subjugation mean?
- Subjugation means the act of subjugating.
- What is subjugation in Urdu?
- Subjugation in Urdu is غلامی, اطاعت, مغلوبیت. See Subjugation meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is subjugation?
- Subjugation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce subjugation?
- Subjugation is pronounced /ˌsʌbd͡ʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of subjugation?
- The plural of subjugation is subjugations.
Words near subjugation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subjugation (page history and authors); subjugation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কবজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); താപ്പ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ଜୟ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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